Thrusters

Summary

Thrusters are a mandatory part of spaceships in order for them to be able to fly. At least one thruster is required in each ship.
The price for a box thruster is around 68,000 credits

Use

Thrusters determine which directions spaceships can be flown and at what speed, and they require power and propellant to function.
A cable drawn from the power source must be attached to the base of the thruster for correct distribution of power.

• There are three different thruster types available:
  • Box thrusters
  • Triangle thrusters
  • Maneuver thrusters

Basic information

• To be able to fly, a spaceship needs at least a one thruster.
  • Box and triangle thrusters are big "main" thrusters and consist of multiple parts that need to be bolted together.
  • Maneuver thrusters enable small movements of the ship such as adjusting yaw and pitch.
  • Thrusters need to be bolted to a base plate that has access to propellant and electricity.

• Thrusters need to be in the same data network as the FCU flight control unit.
• Thrusters require power to function.
  • To get power, a cable has to be drawn from a power source to the thruster's socket.
• A thruster also requires propellant to function.
  • To get propellant, a pipe has to be drawn between the device hardpoint and a gas container.

• Box, triangle and manoeuvring thrusters provide 50000, 25000 and 5000 thrust respectively.

• Propellant consumption isn't linear with the sweetspot around 70-80% thrust.
• At 100% thrust Box and Triangle thrusters use 46.5 propellant per second while at 70% propellant useage is around 28 per second.
• At 100% thrust Maneuver thrusters use 101.6 propellant per second

• Box and Triangle thrusters use 42.5 electricity per second
• Maneuver thrusters use 7.5 electricity per second.

Thruster types

Box thruster

Box Thrusters with regular and corner base variants.

Triangle thruster

Triangle thrusters. The sides with a hexagon on them can be used to stack multiple thrusters to one base.

Maneuver thruster

Small thrusters meant for maneuvering the ship.

Device fields

To learn more about how to use fields, consult these wiki pages:

• Universal Tool
• Data networks
• YOLOL

YOLOL field	description	range
ThrusterState	Is the thruster on or off	0 - 1
ThrusterCurrentThrust	Current output of the thruster	0 - 100